Debbie Colley:  

Life After graduating from High School, I went to Central Missouri State. In 1988 I graduated with an accounting degree. In college, I had met who I thought was the love of my life and we got married a year after college graduation. We moved to Grain Valley and I have lived here ever since. I have 2 children - Sarah born in 1992 and Scott born in 1994. Both are currently in High School. In 2004 I separated from and divorced my husband (cheater). I kept it all (except his clothes, car and golf clubs). He just walked out and into her arms. Now they are married. Boy did I make a bad choice of character. But I'm much happier now! Job I work for Bank of America in the Private Weath Management department as a Compliance Manager (a fancy name for an internal auditor). I started with previous banks and have survived many mergers (Boatmen's Bank to NationsBank; then NationsBank to Bank of America; two other mergers into Bank of America )to remain with them. I am coming up on 19 years of service. For the most part, I work from home. Telecommuting is fantastic! Thank goodness for the internet and computers! Later Life In June of 2005, my life took a huge turn. I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. I had surgery to remove the cancerous tissue, did 4 rounds of awful chemotherapy and then 7 weeks of radiation. I lost my hair and was very sick. Follow up scans showed things were fine. A few months later I developed pain in my chest (sternum). I learned the cancer had metatastized and I was now a stage 4 cancer patient with cancer in many bones. I also completed two more rounds of radiation. The cancer has continued to spread throughout my bones and during the entire summer of 2008, I was on a weekly chemotherapy treatment. I have now completed 6 months and will be taking a month off to allow my body to heal. I will go back to weekly treatments in December an...Expand for more